Isis takes Iraq’s largest Christian town as residents told – 'leave, convert or die'

[Jefferson23]

Christians in Iraq are being forced to flee their homes as Islamic State militants continued their seemingly unstoppable advance across the country.

In an offensive that has seen Isis strengthen their foothold near the Kurdish region, residents of Qaraqosh, Iraq's biggest Christian town, are now threatened with the demands the Sunni militants have made in other captured areas - leave, convert to Islam or face death.

The militant group said in a statement on its Twitter account that its fighters had seized 17 towns and targets, the strategic Mosul dam on the Tigris River and a military base in an offensive that began at the weekend and would continue.

However, two witnesses told Reuters news agency that Islamic State fighters had hoisted the group's black flag over the dam, which could allow the militants to flood major cities or cut off significant water supplies and electricity, and local residents told reporters that the Kurdish forces had been forced out of the area.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-takes-iraqs-largest-christian-town-of-qaraqosh-9653789.html

[Fred Sanders]

1. Leave, convert or die....America has its share of well armed militia who feel the same way.

Extremist religion is mass insanity.

Everywhere identical in intent.

Everywhere identical in mass distortion of their religions core teachings.

[SnakeEyes]

4. here the extremists are all talk

they don't even have the balls to say leave, convert, or die knowing they won't be taken seriously. ISIS means it and are committing genocide. It's a true mass slaughter

[bluestateguy]

2. Now THIS is real persecution of Christians

Not some stupid red state town being asked to please not open a city council meeting with Christian prayer because everybody might not be Christian.

[Jefferson23]

3. ISIS is not kidding around the subject...no. n/t